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Onyx Coffee Lab

Ecuador La Soledad Typica Mejorado

Natural

Cherrybook Index

62sparse

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Sparse signal: 2 of 7 signals on file. Methodology

Price position

$8.14/oz$273.60 for 2.1 lb

Price position appears once the price model has scored this lot.

Catalog summary

A natural lot from Ecuador, not yet indexed (2 of 7 signals on file).

Based on the listing and catalog evidence

No longer available at the roaster

Last verified 101 days ago.

Roaster’s notes

nectarine · earl grey

  • Fruit
  • Floral
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Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel; Cherrybook’s interpretation of the stated notes, not the roaster’s own categorization.

Ecuador La Soledad Typica Mejorado by Onyx Coffee Lab
Origin
Ecuador
Producer
Pepe Jijon
Farm / Co-op
—
Process
Natural
Altitude
—
Varietals
Typica
Harvest
—
Weight
2.1 lb
Bag price
$273.60
Price / oz
$8.14/oz
Brew
—

from the roaster’s storeread by Cherrybook from the listing“estimated” below = inferred, not stated

From the editors

This lot is no longer available at the roaster.

We last reached the roaster’s page for this coffee 101 days ago. It now returns a not-found or members-only response, so we’ve archived the buy link rather than send anyone to a dead page. The notes, sensory chart, and editorial context below remain useful as a record of what this lot offered.

Cherrybook Index (CBI)

Evidence-of-quality score, not a cup score. Methodology

62

Sparse signal

Confidence2 of 7 signals on file

Score is heavily shrunk toward 50; treat as a placeholder until more sources arrive.

How confidence affects the score

Coverage measures signal availability, not cup quality. This coffee has 23% of the signal universe on file. Missing sources are dropped, remaining weights are renormalized, and the result is shrunk toward a neutral 50 baseline by 43% so one thin signal cannot carry the score on its own.

The math on file: renormalized base 60.6 shrunk to 56.1 + bonuses = 62.

Missing: SCA grade, Coffee Review, YouTube reviews, On-shop ratings, Cherrybook ratings

  • Reddit sentiment
    Sentiment across specialty-coffee discussion
    65/ 78% weight
  • Roaster transparency
    Producer / farm / lot disclosure depth
    45/ 22% weight

Bonuses applied

  • Sprudge press coverage
    This roaster has been featured by Sprudge
    +2
  • World Coffee Championships finalist lot
    This roaster sourced a World Coffee Championships finalist routine
    +3
  • Editorial coverage cluster
    This roaster has 3+ recent editorial mentions across trade press
    +1

Sensory profileestimated

Acidity
4
Body
2
Sweetness
4
Balance
4
Clean
4

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About Onyx Coffee Lab

Community reputation · Reddit

Mixed reviews· sentiment 65/100

Three Reddit contributions give a mixed-to-positive view of Onyx Coffee Lab. One poster said a $40 Onyx bag was not better than coffee they roasted at home. In another thread, a commenter called Monarch their favorite from Onyx and an easy first recommendation for espresso. A home roaster wrote that an Onyx Kenyan AA control sample was much more uniform in roast degree and bean size than their own batch, and said the consistency made them jealous.

$40 bag compared with home roastingMonarch espresso recommendationroast degree and bean size uniformity
Threads cited (3)

Press · Sprudge

On YouTube

7 videos · 181k combined views

Onyx Coffee Lab has 5 videos on their channel; 2 videos come from outside reviewers (Seattle Coffee Gear, Whole Brain Coffee).

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